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Digital fluency is the new language of the 21st century.

More and more, digital technologies are influencing almost every facet of our lives and revolutionising the waywe live and work.

invested in state of the art digital infrastructure and professional learning and development for schools (within which digital fluency is one of the five national priorities).

New Zealand schools are staring straight down the barrel of the biggest funding change in 25 years.

Around 90 percent of schools are connected to the N4L Managed Network, giving them access to fast, reliable, government-funded Internet and uncapped data for learning.

PPTA welcomed the much needed review of the school funding system, but is deeply concerned about the direction it appears to be going.

Our Government is committed to supporting children and young people to be confident using a broad range of digital technologies, in a variety of settings, so that they can be successful in society and get the jobs and careers they want.

To build on this and implement the change to the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, work is currently underway with the education and technology sectors and by 2018 we will see:

We are part of the funding review advisory group and are taking this role very seriously. The results of recommendations made by this group will have a massive and significant impact on the whole sector.

• A full set of achievement standards at NCEA Level 1, with NCEA Levels 2 and 3 and scholarship options to come by 2020

There are aspects of the funding plan that definitely show potential, but none of these can be addressed while the school global budget proposal (essentially bulk funding in drag), hangs over the review like the sword of Damocles.

That’s why I recently announced that we would be explicitly strengthening digital technology in the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.

This is the first major change to the New Zealand Curriculum since it was introduced in 2007 and will ensure that children in primary school and kura gain an understanding of the skills and concepts of digital technologies.

It means that by Year 10, every young person will have a core understanding of digital technology and how to use it in life and work, irrespective of whether they continue to specialise in digital technologies in Years 11 to 13.

The fact that digital technologies are so ubiquitous means we can’t box them into one learning area of the curriculum, separate from those other areas of technology which are also part of the digital transformation. Our young people must be prepared to use digital technologies in all industries, from automotive engineering to biotechnology.

With this change, a child will start learning about digital technologies from when they start school and can choose to continue with it all the way through to Year 13, leading on to specialist training for a digital career.

This reflects the importance of digital technology and makes good use of the around $700 million we’ve already

• The articulation of learning objectives at every level of the curricula and across each of the six themes of: Algorithms, Data representation, Digital applications, Digital devices and infrastructure, Humans and computers, Programming.

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By explicitly strengthening digital technology in our curriculum, all students will have similar opportunities.

It’s in all of our interests that Kiwi kids are confident creators and users of digital technologies so that they can be successful 21st century global citizens.

Our main concerns with the global budget proposal as a mechanism of delivery for resourcing to schools are as follows: It is inconsistent with the principals of the funding review The purpose of the review is to support the design of a funding system to improve ‘the excellence and equity of student achievement’. As Treasury has noted, the advantages of the global budget proposal are in administrative simplicity for central government – there is little to suggest it will lead to student achievement gains.

The global budget pushes against significant education policy directions The sector has welcomed recent policy which has begun to address some of the challenges the devolved Tomorrow’s Schools system created, while maintaining its strengths.

The global budget would be a shift dramatically in the other direction.

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The global budget would put other necessary changes at risk Two main concerns have driven the sector’s desire for a review of school funding. One is that the equity component (funding for at risk learners or decile funding), is not fit for purpose and the other a general concern at the inadequacy of funding overall.

We are still hopeful this review can address the equity funding issue, but unfortunately it is clear the major problems the sector sees in the global budget proposal will mean the whole direction of the proposed reforms is seen in the light of the politically contentious, widely disliked, bulk funding model.

There will be unwelcome trade-offs The Education Council has stated that it does not support “Trade-offs being made by boards or ECE providers between funding certificated teachers and either unqualified teachers, or other non-teaching resources”.

The global budget means exactly this. It is our view, like the council’s, that this trade off should remain the responsibility of central government, and not be laid at the feet of schools, who have no power to increase the size of the pot.

The advantages will be for government, not schools The advantage for government that is most concerning to the sector is the long standing goal of bulk funding to control cost pressures in the education sector becomes much easier to accomplish.

In the long term removing the staffing orders would make it much simpler for future governments to erode the overall resourcing base, as the steady equation between student numbers, staffing ratios and collective agreement entitlements would be removed.

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I’ve always had performance in my bones and I think that the classroom is a wonderful stage.

It gave me the opportunity to be the raconteur and also do a bit of singing in my classes. It just seemed like the perfect occupation for me.

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What initiatives have you introduced at Waiheke High School?

We were quite a small school, but we continue to grow each year and as a result we have broadened the curriculum. With the broadening of the curriculum we have included quite a lot of e-Learning and particularly BYOD, but also things like HarbourNet, which is a way students can do subjects that they are hugely passionate about within a virtual classroom.

What are the advantages/disadvantages of being on an island?

The advantage is that we live in a paradise with beautiful, safe swimming beaches. The disadvantage is that some people consider us as remote, but in reality we can get into the Auckland city centre faster than most people who live in the city.

What would you change if you were the Minister of Education?

We’ve waited a long time to hear about decisions on significant matters. Things go from the now, to maybe, to never, and it can be very frustrating.

So I would speed up the time around profound change within the education system. It can be frustrating waiting for answers you need now and not in the future.

Waiheke Island is well known for its beauty and quality of life. The island, in the Hauraki Gulf, is home to the only high school in New Zealand that’s situated off the mainland.

Jude Young is the principal lucky enough to oversee Waiheke High School. She moved to the “boutique” high school at the start of 2014 after serving seven years as deputy principal at Marlborough Girls’ College.

She talks with Principals Today about her slice of paradise and what she has learnt during the last 31 years as an educator.

What inspired you to become an educator?

I’ve always had performance in my bones and I think that the classroom is a wonderful stage. It gave me the opportunity to be the raconteur and also do a

bit of singing in my classes. It just seemed like the perfect occupation for me.

Who has influenced you throughout your teaching career?

I’ve been blessed by having a lot of people who have been further up the ladder than me who gave me license to try things. They believed in me and charged me with all sorts of responsibilities, so I think I’ve gained a really wide background and a wide knowledge in many areas to do with the running of schools.

What makes Waiheke High School unique?

We are the only high school on an island; we are surrounded by water, but just 35 minutes away from the heart of the biggest city in New Zealand. I think we are a boutique school on a boutique island. The students here have a strong voice, they’re fit and they love the environment. There are very few fast food outlets so our kids are healthy, fit and adventurous.

What is your best piece of advice for fellow educators?

It’s important to be able to deal with saying ‘no’ even though there may be people who don’t like that. I also think that it’s important to always have a sense of humour. It helps with not only leading a team, but can also add a bit of sparkle to what can sometimes be an exhausting daily job.

What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?

We recently had a group of 38 students from a school in England visit. Our school welcomed them by pōwhiri and when I stood and watched all 530 of our students haka and waiata, I thought ‘my gosh, what a wonderful school culture we have’. Our visitors said they hadn’t experienced anything like it during their three week trip. That was a huge moment of pride for me.

What are your goals for the future of Waiheke High School?

To be the best school in New Zealand, we certainly have the potential. We punch above our weight with our academic results and we a thrilled with that. We also wish to continue to grow our role.

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Redefining young professionalism

By Lydia Truesdale

At a glance Jamie Beaton looks like any other 21 year-old male with a gleam in his eye and a spring in his step. But spend just minutes in his presence and one thing becomes decidedly clear: this is no ordinary young man.

On the precipice of adulthood, Auckland-born Jamie has already graduated from Harvard with Masters in Applied Math, was accepted into Stanford’s Graduate School of Business as one of the youngest ever entrants, co-founded a company that’s raised millions of dollars in capital funding, solidified himself as an insightful Wall Street analyst, and, perhaps most humbly, continues to inspire students from all around the world to set the bar higher.

The company he co-founded as a teen – Crimson Consulting – is one of the fastest growing education consultancies in the world. Dedicated to tutoring, mentoring, consulting, and essentially helping accelerate students’ education and career trajectories, Crimson is changing the way young people think about their futures.

EARLY DAYS As Jamie reflects on his younger years, it’s clear it was only a matter of time before his entrepreneurial edge made itself known on the global stage.

“Growing up you take your environment and the values being transmitted to you sometimes for

granted, and don’t really see the immediate impact of them on you, but it’s become so abundantly clear to me just how pervasive and positive the impact of my mum was on me growing up,” Jamie says.

For as long as he can remember he’s felt encouraged to broaden his academic horizons and pursue his individual interests.

He attended a well-respected high school – Auckland’s King’s College – and come the age of 15 had begun actively investigating the US and UK college application process. As you can imagine his curriculum vitae is coloured with impressive endeavours.

ACTIVELY SEEKING AND SOLVING NEW CHALLENGES Jamie admits he thrives with the more he takes on. He gained admission into Harvard on December 15 2012, but being intellectually hyper-stimulated and eagerly awaiting the move to Boston in March, he filled that eternity by taking on a short-term position at the Icehouse, a business growth hub that’s part of the University of Auckland Business School.

In January of 2012 Jamie met fellow Year 13 student, Sharndre Kushor, while they were representing New Zealand at the Model UN Conference in Europe. Sharndre was a UNICEF ambassador at the time and shared Jamie’s affinity for for-profit philanthropic ideologies.

Surrounded by emerging entrepreneurs who were starting their dream companies and raising crucial capital, Jamie couldn’t help but recall his four year long journey navigating the complex college application process and the fact his peers – some of whom were dux and top athletes – didn’t gain admission to elite tertiary institutions despite their obvious potential. It got him thinking: what could these people achieve with some astute direction?

Little did they know it, what started off as a relatively normal conversation about their high school experiences flourished into a great kinship and later the beginning of Crimson Consulting.

He reached out to Sharndre and they immediately set about realising Crimson Consulting. But equally as exciting, Jamie was about to board a plane to fly to the other side of the world to study at Harvard.

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Being at Harvard and immersed in the energy emitting from those around him, Jamie savoured the experience and the seedlings it planted.

“One thing I took out of my undergraduate degree is that the ambition dial in some of these places is spun up several notches above what we’re used to in New Zealand,” he says.

Aiming for a good scattering of offerings, Jamie chose applied mathematics as his concentration, specifically financial and behavioural economics, with a second focus on global health and his Masters centred on renewable energy technologies.

News | Cover Story who gained admission this cycle to Ivy Leagues were mentored through Crimson; and every New Zealand student who gained admission to Harvard and Stanford as an academic emit did so through Crimson.

traditional leaders to realise leadership skills.

“She ran a lot of impact projects (a style of learning at Albany) and is really passionate about finding people that don’t necessarily have the typical profiles for captain, head girl or the likes, or that haven’t found an area they are passionate about, and then helping them explore that interest through things like community projects, national campaigns and initiatives.”

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A lot of entrepreneurs are focused on the idea…they think a good idea makes the business. In my view it’s 90 percent execution, hard work, tenacity and adaption to feedback of the environment, and 10 percent the idea.

While at Harvard, Jamie wasn’t just busy completing his degree two years ahead of schedule, but was also growing Crimson, as well as working as an equity analyst for New York hedge fund Tiger Management Corp.

His role at Tiger Management required a comprehensive understanding of data crunching, competitor dynamics, management performance assessment, management psychology and the combination of psychological and behavioural economics.

“At Tiger I had two great mentors – one is 84 years of age and the other 90 – and they are constantly ‘on’.

“I definitely feel that keeping your mind active and constantly engaging it with fresh perspectives and new mental challenges is key to developing as a people.”

CRIMSON: AN INEVITABLE INCEPTION Surrounding himself with inspired people is what motivated Jamie to become one of them. He was drawn to helping other young people excel and thus Crimson Consulting was officially born.

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the fact I was 17, I had braces, I’m a pretty short guy and I was running around speaking to all these parents who really were challenging us about whether we had the sufficient expertise to help their kids get into these kinds of schools.

“We knew exactly what we were doing because we had done it very successfully, but the challenge was showcasing to other people how this methodology works.

“I think growing a company is very incremental. You’re building something from the ground up; every new student you help or every new tutor you hire is one more step and a sign of progress, so I feel with seeing a company in its startup phase, there isn’t necessarily terrifying individual things, but rather excitement and adrenalin as you keep building up the pieces.

“A lot of entrepreneurs are focused on the idea…they think a good idea makes the business. In my view it’s 90 percent execution, hard work, tenacity and adaption to feedback of the environment, and 10 percent the idea.

Asked what was most terrifying about starting his own company so young, Jamie said he wasn’t so much terrified as stimulated.

“My role in establishing Crimson was basically solving the big information barriers that were stopping Kiwi’s achieving what they could be on the global stage through university.

“Terrifying maybe not, but definitely challenging in that first year was

“Sharndre’s role was empowering people who weren’t necessarily

“Our kids are unlocking these opportunities around the world from a whole lot of different socio-economic backgrounds.”

In 2014 Jamie raised $1.4 million capital funding in Icehouse’s Ice Angel Showcase, and later a further $7.7million from national and international investors, one of whom was Tiger Management founder Julian Robertson.

By mid-2015 Crimson Consulting had taken on its first students and things have flourished fabulously since then, with Crimson’s reach having made it to the far corners of the globe.

GOING GLOBAL: WHY THE WORLD NEEDS CRIMSON “Our goal is to really help students find career opportunities that are best suited to them anywhere in the world. It’s really about that global perspective and not being anchored to one place.”

Many students find the Commonwealth system of degrees to be rigid and inflexible. Crimson helps by offering a level of support and mentorship that provides students with sufficient information regarding their degree before entering their degree.

“You can see in the statistics how many students change majors, or degrees, or fail or drop out because they weren’t exactly sure what they were getting into,” he says.

“What Crimson does really well, is it has really rigorous advising for where you aim to go so you head into those study pathways with a high degree of information and confidence.”

To give you an idea of its current standing, Crimson has more than 50 full time employees between its offices in Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, London, Bangkok and Mumbai, and is launching its Sao Paulo and Korea branches within the next few months.

In the last year alone, Crimson’s students were awarded $12.8 million in scholarships; 60 percent of students who got into the University of Auckland’s School of Medicine this round were trained through Crimson; 90 percent of New Zealand students

WHERE TO FROM HERE? Having recently graduated from Harvard, Jamie is now fully focused on using the unique knowledge he’s acquired to harness and further grow Crimson’s power, capabilities and reach.

When I interviewed Jamie he’d been in Christchurch to help implement at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School Crimson’s new tailored careers counselling programme.

Overseen by one of Crimson’s counsellors from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, Rangi’s new careers counselling structure offers students the opportunity to enrol in Crimson’s personalised extracurricular leadership training and academic mentorship.

Students now have access to classes, seminars and online resources through Crimson’s platform, Crimson Hub, which provides thousands of videos from Crimson students, consultants and mentors, as well as other industry leaders around the world sharing their perspectives on various stages of university and early careers.

It’s the first time Crimson has been integrated into a school in such a direct way and Jamie hopes all secondary schools will consider implementing the effective new programme.

If Jamie achieves what he’s setting out to – and given his track record of 100 percent I’d say it’s fairly likely – then he could well be the one to slingshot global education to the heights of modernity and function as the holistically prosperous tool it’s intended to be.

Given his magnetism for entrepreneurial endeavours coupled with his innate drive, enriched vocabulary and rapid, unrestrained thoughts, you can bet this won’t be the last the world sees or hears of Jamie Beaton. www.crimsonconsulting.org hub.crimsoneducation.org

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THINKING ABOUT

AN APP FOR YOUR SCHOOL? Not all school apps are created equal.

WE believe we have the best functionality, and easiest to use app available in NZ. WHAT IS MySchoolApps?

MySchoolApps is an easy to use app which immediately provides parents and caregivers with everything they need to know about what is happening at the school.

MySchool Apps

MySchoolApps is a convenient, reliable way to receive school notifications. Gone are the days of notices getting lost in children’s schoolbags!

With MySchooApps school notices, newsletters, any alerts, or other important information will be communicated directly and immediately to the parent’s or caregiver’s smartphone.

MySchoolApps communicates directly with iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows Phone devices.

School sign up Schools can sign up for either a 30 day trial of MySchoolApps at our website www.myschoolapps.co.nz

How does MySchoolApps work?

As soon as your school registers with MySchoolApps we will configure your school mobile app. This is a fast process, enabling your school to quickly start creating content categories and uploading notifications and/or documents.

If you choose to trial MySchoolApps, you will receive the full functioning iPhone, iPad, and Windows Phone version to trial in your school for 30 days.

What does MySchoolApps offer?

If you choose to subscribe to MySchoolApps after the trial, we will then build the full functioning Android version.

• Unlimited free instant Push message notifications (Push anything instantly)

If you choose not to go ahead, we will simply remove the iPhone app from the Apple App Store.

MySchoolApps’ flexibility means it can offer:

• Unlimited Push message categories for parents to subscribe to: Alerts - Events - News - Newsletters - Timetables • Information pages (create unlimited content pages easily and quickly) • Permission notes

Pricing

• Parent eForms for Sick Note/Absent and Change of details

Ask if your school qualifies for a free app.

We do this by placing tasteful advertising on some of the pages.

Or set up is $1250+gst + $2 per student per year.

• Embedded PDF documents

We will also make a free website for your school that seamlessly integrates the app. However if you’re happy with your existing site we can integrate with that too.

• Links to website pages • Embedded videos/maps and GPS directions • Create your own unlimited custom eForms with payment and signatures if required • Unlimited content categories (created easily and quickly) • RSS Feed and Google Calendar integration • Social media Integration with Twitter and Facebook • Social media sharing (option for parents/students to share app content on their own Facebook/Twitter feeds ) • Website integration (post content once and publish everywhere) Includes free MySchoolApps website which syncs seamlessly with the app • Reply by SMS and email(great for parent/student feedback) • Unlimited photo galleries (create a photo gallery on any content entry) • Password protected content.

MySchoolApps is easy to update Teachers and staff can update the status of any event with the easy to use admin tools from their computer or their smartphone.

We will also make a FREE website for your school that seamlessly integrates the app.

However if you’re happy with your existing site we can integrate with that too.

MySchoolApps Premium Functions:

Password Protected Content School administrators can password-protect any content category as required. This is great for adding a dedicated staff content category, or for any content you don’t want to be seen by anyone outside the faculty or selected parts of the school community.

SMS & Email Reply Options School administrators have the option to enable content entries to be replied to by the parent/ student community.

Any content can have an email and SMS reply option added great for events requiring RSVPs or any entry requiring a reply.

Photo Gallery Option on any Entry

Embedded Maps with GPS Directions

Multiple photos can be added to any content entry showing as a “slide your finger show” on your MySchoolApps.

School administrators can embed maps in any content entry, enabling the user to get GPS directions - great for providing directions to sporting venues, theatre events, meetings etc.

MySchoolApps Functions:

Free Push Notification Alerts

It’s Your School App!

School Events Calendar

Customised Content

Content added to MySchoolApps can be pushed as FREE instant push notification messages, which can be immediate or scheduled for later. It can be used for news, events, newsletter posts, last minute cancellations and more. Also, you can categorise the push alert to target years, classes, subjects, sports teams, drama classes, choirs etc. It’s a great replacement to school SMS.

Your MySchoolApps is branded for your school.

Your parent community can find it in the App Store by searching the school’s name. It can even be customised in the future for your school as required.

MySchoolApps shows events in list format, month by month, and calendar format. Parents and students can also add school events to their own personal iPhone calendar at the click on a button.

Google Calendar iCal files can also be synchronised with the MySchoolApps calendar.

Create your own custom content categories published right to your MySchoolApps in real-time.

MySchoolApps is not limited to a standardised set of content. Any content added can also be pushed as an Alert, right to the parents’ phones.

Website Integration

MySchoolApps Feed

Change of details E-Form

Absentee Note E-Form

MySchoolApps includes an embedded change of details E-Form so parents and students can submit changes to their contact details back to the school.

MySchoolApps includes an embedded absentee or sick note E-Form, so parents or students can submit details of absence back to the school.

View MySchoolApps content directly on your website via the MySchoolApps Communication Centre website plug-in, or you can use your free and feature-rich MySchoolApps website for a completely seamless solution.

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A feed can be viewed of all content that has been added in chronological order, regardless of which categories the content is in – a great way to scroll through to see what has been updated during a day, week, month etc.

Documents Display published newsletters, forms, notes, permission slips, annual reports, or any document you require.

Publishing content to your MySchoolApps Communication Centre will populate your website and MySchoolApps mobile Web & Mobile Native school App seamlessly.

Easily plug the MySchoolApps Communication Centre embed code into your website and let MySchoolApps maintain your events, news, newsletters, alerts and documents.

MySchoolApps Communication Centre website plug-in.

Integrate your MySchoolApps with your website via the MySchoolApps Communication Centre.

You can easily embed the MySchoolApps Communication Centre straight on your website.

You can update your site, and MySchoolApps mobile school app all at once.

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Healthy Space | Healthy Canteens

Making changes It can be a real challenge for school canteens to create healthy recipes that are also exciting, tasty and attractive to children.

Sadly, the highest selling products in a school canteen are often the least healthy. So how can we ‘health-up’ these popular items without losing the children’s interest?

It’s actually pretty simple and many recipes can be easily tweaked to meet the Fuelled4life Nutrient Criteria. Start by replacing, reducing or removing ingredients that are: • High in fat (such as oil, margarine, butter and cream) • High in sugar (such as honey or sugar) • Salty (such as salt, soy sauce, soup mixes and stock powders) • Low in fibre (such as white bread and white flour or with little or no fruit and vegetables).

Ask yourself these questions about added fat, salt or sugar: • Can I leave it out?

• Can I reduce the amount?

• Can I use a substitute to improve the nutritional value or taste?

• Could I use other ingredients to improve the nutritional value?

• Can I change my preparation or cooking methods to reduce the fat content?

Here are some simple ideas for replacing unhealthy ingredients: • Instead of butter and cream, use unsaturated vegetable oil and ‘lite’ margarines, and reduce the amounts if possible • Swap honey or sugar for natural fruit, fruit puree or fruit juice to sweeten, and reduce the amounts if possible • For salty flavours, try reducing the amount of salt, and flavour with herbs, spices, lemon juice and pepper • To get fibre into your recipes, replace plain flour for wholemeal flour, and add natural fruit and vegetables.

A case study: MUESLI BARS

Here’s the new recipe for our delicious Lunch Box Slice

At the Heart Foundation, we often see recipes that look delicious but are not ticking the boxes for healthiness.

To make the recipe fit the criteria, while also reducing the cost and keeping it delicious, we:

free to contact Larissa Beeby at Fuelled4life today. Her contact details are below.

The case study below shows how easy it is to modify a recipe to make it more nutritious and appropriate for school canteens.

• Reduced the coconut, which lowered saturated fat

Fuelled4life is based on the Ministry of Health’s Food and Beverage Classification System (FBCS). It’s a free, practical tool which helps schools provide healthier foods.

We found a recipe for a ‘Smart slice’ in the Healthy Food Guide. While this recipe was pretty good, it didn’t meet Fuelled4life sometimes criteria for energy or saturated fat content.

Here’s the original recipe: Smart slice Serves: 18 Ingredients • 1/2 tablespoon golden syrup • 4 1/2 tablespoons reduced-fat spread (I used Olivani Lite) • 1/3 cup castor sugar • 5 Weet-Bix or similar biscuit-type cereal, crumbled • 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour • 1 1/2 cups coconut • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon • 1 egg • 1/2 cup chopped dates • 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts • zest of 1 lemon • 1/3 cup boiling water • Icing • juice 1 lemon 1/2 cup icing sugar

• Swapped Olivani for soy oil to reduce the cost • Used brazil nuts instead of walnuts to reduce the cost • Replaced white flour with wholemeal flour to increase the fibre content • Added wholegrain oats for added fibre, flavour and to account for less coconut • Reduced the serving size, which lowered saturated fat, sodium and energy per serve. (The fibre content was also lowered per serve, but we countered this through the measures above) • Used baking powder instead of selfraising flour to reduce sodium.

We then ran this recipe through the Food Standards Australia New Zealand nutrition panel calculator to check it matched up to the sometimes criteria – which it did, of course!

The result: A moreish and healthier muesli slice that would be a sure hit in any school canteen.

How can Fuelled4life help you?

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It aims to increase access for young people to healthier food and beverages, and to inspire food services to provide tasty, nutritious products.

Everyday foods and drinks are lower in energy, fat and salt so are appropriate for everyday consumption.

Sometimes foods and drinks are still good choices, but are a bit higher in energy, saturated fat and salt, and so should be eaten in moderation.

Sometimes foods and drinks should not dominate the choices available.

Serves: 25 Ingredients • 30mL (2 Tbsp) vegetable oil • 60g (1/4 cup) sugar • 10g (1 tsp) golden Syrup • 70g weetbix (crumbed) • 1 egg • 65g (1/2 cup) dried dates (chopped) • 65g (1/2 cup) dried apricots (chopped) • 55g brazil nuts (chopped) • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon • 25g (1/4 cup) shredded coconut • 65g (1/2 cup) rolled jumbo oats • 165g (1 3/4 cups) wholemeal flour • 1 tsp baking powder • 90mL water • 30g icing sugar • 15mL lemon juice

Sign up to Fuelled4life One in three Kiwi kids is overweight or obese, but you can help change that.

If you are a teacher, principal, canteen manager, caterer or cook and would like to see your school offering healthier food and beverages, here’s what to do: • Sign up to Fuelled4life for loads of free resources to help you choose healthier options

• You’ll also get free access to the Fuelled4life website and newsletter with tips, recipes, special deals and information on ways to improve nutrition in your school.

For more information or one-to-one nutrition support, please contact the Fuelled4life team on (09) 526 8550, email Larissab@heartfoundation.org.nz or go to www.fuelled4life.org.nz

Working Space | Preparing for Summer

A case study in success Fresco Shades can help you to make the most of your outdoor area, whatever the time of year, and here is a case study displaying the company’s ability to meet any criteria: a project for the SDA Hamilton School awning.

What was the purpose of this job?

This primary/intermediate school, built in the 1970’s, had 2.5 hectares of grounds but insufficient sheltered spaces for pupils. Their brief to us included; creating extra space outdoors that is sheltered from the elements so that pupils can eat outside, also to create an ‘outdoor classroom’ and provide shelter from the rain when walking from the classrooms to the office, and to make the adjoining classrooms cooler in summer. They needed to generate more usable space outside in a cost effective manner.

What was unique or complex about the project?

Mostly our canopies are square or rectangular, but as can be seen from the photos, this school had an angled back wall and gutterline. The length of the canopy was not an issue, but at the

half way point, the canopy had a bend in it, which meant our fabric panels had to be designed to taper inwards, and special brackets and connectors designed to fit.

Were there any additional challenges involved?

Our sales rep had to organise for the entire school board to visit another school project installed by us in Auckland, and convince this rather intimidating audience that our product would meet their needs.

Initially they were convinced that Polycarbonate was their best option.

Once their Ferrari PVC canopy was installed, the board were thrilled with the result and this group of private schools have now become one of our largest customers. We have completed canopies at three of the schools within the group and there is more potential to grow the business.

After

Materials used and supplier Ferrari 702s from Wiggins NZ. Fresco Shades 41-53 View Rd Glenfield Auckland T (09) 443 3414 T 0800 FRESCO E info@frescoshades.co.nz www.frescoshades.co.nz

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Working Space | Preparing for Summer

Creating SunSmart areas Shade is one of the key components of being SunSmart and decreasing the risk of getting skin cancer.

When it comes to swimming pool paint, only time will tell!

In the ‘Slip, slop, slap, wrap’ message it is suggested you ‘slip’ into shade as much as possible to protect from high summer ultraviolet radiation (UVR) levels. This is especially important when the ultraviolet index (UVI) is ‘very high’ at eight or above.

This tends to be during Terms 1 and 4 at the very time school students are lunching, or enjoying outdoor activities such as sport and outdoor classroom activities.

Maximum protection from solar UVR can be achieved through a combination of personal and environmental strategies. The most effective personal protection strategy is to minimise sun exposure between 11am to 4pm (daylight saving time) during summer.

When people are outdoors it is important that they protect themselves from the sun by wearing protective clothing, sunhats, sunscreen and sunglasses, as well as using available shade.

WHY SHADE IS NEEDED? Research confirms that clothing, hats and sunscreen are not 100 percent effective because of inadequacies in the shading of hats and clothing, and in applying sunscreen. Shade can compensate and can also make more comfortable environments in creating shelter, reducing glare and/or providing relief from the heat of the sun.

HOW MUCH SHADE IS NEEDED AND WORKS The Cancer Society of NZ recommends a minimum of 2.5m² per student.

While outdoors, we receive direct UVR from sunshine and diffuse UVR which is reflected from the atmosphere (the open sky). In an open field approximately 50 percent of UVR would come from each source.

High protective shade must use an excellent UVR barrier shading material and be placed to shade the users as the sun-path moves across the sky.

The view of the open sky should also be restricted. This can be done by keeping the edges low. Adjacent landscape, buildings, fences, trees and planting can be used to further reduce this ‘sky view’.

long art class on a classroom veranda.

In this case, the veranda should be carefully designed to give more protection e.g. shield the diffuse UVR from the open sky.

ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES Environmental strategies need to support personal protection strategies by creating outdoor spaces that provide protection from both direct and indirect UVR. Examples of environmental strategies include: • Placing UVR protective barriers above, and to the side of, the designated area • Reducing reflection of UVR from nearby surfaces into the designated area • Increasing the size of the shaded area to allow people to use the centre of the area rather than its edges.

It is important to have an expert shade designer, so they can take in the many aspects of design of shadow angles, vertical shadow angle.

A horizontal shading device such as a canopy, awning or other projection is characterised by a vertical shadow angle. This is measured on a vertical plane perpendicular to the edge of the area to be shaded.

The shade designer can determine the vertical shadow angle using a shadow angle protractor or by calculation.

Assessing the complex design issues presented by horizontal and vertical shadow angles is a specialised task and should be undertaken by shade design professionals, such as

architects and shade suppliers with experience with the demands of school requirements.

The horizontal shadow angle is the difference between the solar azimuth angle and the angle at which the wall is oriented.

The shade designer must be able to anticipate the shadow that will be cast on the ground by a shade producing barrier such as a structure or tree.

As discussed, calculation of the solar altitude and azimuth angles will allow this to be determined.

This will be sufficient for many outdoor situations. For example, the shade pattern cast by trees or a freestanding shade structure in a play area can be understood by using solar azimuth and altitude angles only.

In some situations a more detailed knowledge of the shade that will be cast by a structure is required.

For example, when designing a building for a temperate climate in New Zealand, it may be desirable to exclude the sun in summer but admit it in winter.

Conversely, hats and sunscreen are unlikely to be applied before an hour

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In situations such as this, it is necessary to determine accurately sun and shade patterns relative to the windows or other openings by using horizontal and vertical shadow angles.

The shade-producing performance of physical barriers to the sun’s direct rays is specified by two angles: the horizontal shadow angle, and the vertical shadow angle. Together, these angles will allow the shade designer to accurately predict the area on which shade will fall on any day of the year, and the pattern of that shade at any time of the day.

DESIGN SHADE FOR ITS EXPECTED USE It is important to consider the duration of expected use and also whether users are likely to be wearing hats and sunscreen. As SunSmart students will be wearing hats and sunscreen for lunch-time play, shade over play equipment is providing extra protection and therefore a lower protection factor may be acceptable.

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Let us help you with your school pool: • Advise on preparation and repair • Supply of the most appropriate paint system • Help with monitoring painting progress • Training of local people/ working bees on painting if required School pool maintenance can be a big use of resource so make sure it is done once and done correctly.

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Working Space | Preparing for Summer

Super surfaces When the sun comes out, so do kids, taking to parks and playgrounds nationwide.

This means having high-impact playground surfacing is an important factor in any school or educational environment.

As a licensed manufacturer producing woodchip soft-fall surfacing to international standards, this has become a specialist area for Reharvest Timber Products Ltd. The Reharvest Cushionfall product used in playgrounds has the highest impact test of any soft-fall surfacing in Australasia. United States Testing Laboratories found it is better at absorbing shock than rubber mats 3.75 inches (9.5cm) thick, and is 25 percent more shock absorbent after five years of use.

It is now the preferred safety surfacing option by councils, schools and kindergartens.

Founded in 1994, Reharvest Timber Products specialises in making premium products out of urban forest material, or industrial wood waste. The company takes pride in a history of more than 10 years of testing and development using international standards and technology.

Reharvest Cushionride is used in performance equestrian surfacing, and decorative landscape ground cover can be maintained by way of Reharvest Decorative Coloured Mulches. Enviromulch is the preferred product for weed control, moisture retention and surface soil stabilisation.

Products made from urban forest are proven to last longer, have a slower decomposition and are more resistant to UV light. The resulting firm surface allows ease of use by wheelchairs, vehicles and horses.

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As a licensed manufacturer producing woodchip soft-fall surfacing to international standards, this has become a specialist area for Reharvest Timber Products Ltd.

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An extensive history of working with clients in the playground, equestrian and landscaping industries puts Reharvest Timber at the top of their field in terms of high performance ground cover. An advisory and obligation free quote service can be obtained for the specific area in question.

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Working Space | Preparing for Summer

Modular outdoor covers

A UNIPORT ALLOWS YOU TO…

Safe and cost-effective cover

Create stunning outdoor spaces Uniport covers are ideal for creating beautiful outdoor areas.

With high demand on principals to allocate the limited funding you receive, you want to know your money is well spent.

Avoid sunburn The Uniport polycarbonate roofs help protect people and property by cutting 99 percent of harmful UV rays.

Dry outdoor living Read the newspaper, eat and entertain without the worries of rain or drizzle.

Add value to yourproperty with beautiful form and function With posts on one side only, the fully cantilevered design looks great and gives you the freedom to move, without creating a dark space.

Add to this the importance of protecting staff, teachers and students from nature’s best and worst, particularly the scorching summer sun, then the simplicity and cost effectiveness of Uniport coverings makes them a wonderful solution for any school requiring some extra cover.

The innovative design of Uniport covers make them maintenance-free and built to last.

The Uniport has been installed in schools around the world for the last 30 years, and the truly stunning aspect about the Uniport is the

New Zealand’s most affordable high quality covering systems The Uniport is surprisingly more affordable than equivalent market alternatives.

Protect your belongings Keep your entranceway dry or safeguard your vehicles from rain, wind or shine.

Enjoy cool shade Uniport covers cut 75 percent of heat rays so you can avoid uncomfortable heat while still letting lots of light in.

No safety worries The Uniport polycarbonate is 250 times stronger than glass, giving you total peace of mind of safety.

cantilevered roof, which allows you unlimited freedom to move around, because the posts are on just one side.

They are also engineered so steel netting is not required under the polycarbonate.

Having a Uniport installed outside a classroom gives added advantage for teachers, as they can send pupils outside when it’s raining, and in the summer it provides all the shade you need over hot classroom windows during those summer months.

Uniport structures are incredibly strong, being aircraft-grade aluminium – the best you can buy.

Uniports can be extended as your school roll expands or funding is made available. A Uniport can be installed outside of school hours.

The solid polycarbonate can be walked on and is impact resistant with the likes of students’ balls, etc.

For more information call (09) 627 2127, visit www.uniport.co.nz, or email Mark at: hewett@xtra.co.nz

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Working Space | Property

Boiling point Schools need to manage and maintain their boiler’s well so that it runs safely and efficiently.

Funding boilers The school boiler is essential infrastructure to keep a school operating. Getting a new or replacement boiler is a ‘priority two’ item in a 10 Year Property Plan (10YPP).

If the boiler breaks down or needs urgent repair, it becomes a ‘priority one’ project. If your school has to close down without it (because it is winter for example) it must be replaced or repaired immediately.

Issues to consider when installing a boiler If you are considering installing a boiler, you need to consider the ministry requirements for room temperatures. The Ministry’s Designing Quality Learning Spaces (DQLS) standards expect school rooms to be kept at certain temperatures so that people using them are comfortable, healthy and safe.

You also need to check with your local council about whether your school area has restrictions on releasing emissions in the area to minimise pollution and the effects on

neighbours, and if you will need a resource consent.

Modern wood chip boilers are the most environmentally sound option for schools. In most regions, they cost about the same to run as a coal-fired boiler.

If your school must burn a fossil fuel, natural gas boilers are environmentally preferable to coal or oil because their emissions are less harmful. However, they still can harm the environment and people’s health if they are not installed, maintained and operated correctly.

If your school still has a coal boiler, only use high-grade coal. Lowergrade coal contains high levels of sulphur. It can corrode and shorten the life of the boiler.

Maintaining your boiler Every school needs to manage and maintain their system well, as there is a legal responsibility to make sure school boilers are safe. Identify boiler failure as a potential risk in your health and safety plan, and include this work as part of your school’s maintenance planning.

For more on your legal responsibilities, go to approved code of practice for the design, servicing, maintenance and safe operation of boilers, visit: ww.business.govt.nz/worksafe/

You can minimise energy loss with regular maintenance. Set up a system so that the boiler does not run when it is not needed.

Boiler tuning business grant The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), estimates that for every $1 spent on boiler tuning, $30 can be saved through increased efficiency.

EECA runs a boiler tuning funding programme for organisations with boiler capacity of over 200kW. For more information, go to boiler tuning support on the EECA website.

Engaging a maintenance contractor and inspector As part of managing a boiler well, you need to engage a boiler maintenance company, under a preventative maintenance contract, which can maintain your boiler regularly, preventing the boiler from breaking down or developing dangerous faults.

You’ll also need an inspector who is independent from your maintenance contractor, to do a certified boiler safety inspection each year. For information on inspection firms, contact WorkSafe New Zealand.

Provide the maintenance contractor, inspector and the person operating your boiler, with all relevant

information and records. You should have an operating manual.

If you don’t, ask your maintenance contractor to provide one.

Keeping records Keep records of all work, repairs or modifications to your boiler.

Ask your maintenance contractor and inspector to provide updated information after each visit.

It is your responsibility Reminder: with the new Health and Safety legalisation, everyone from school boards, principals and staff have a responsibility to keep everyone safe.

Uniconfort biomass boilers

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Taymac is pleased to announce an exciting range of European highefficiency biomass boilers. Uniconfort an eco-friendly and cost efficient biomass boiler, designed and manufactured in Italy and exported throughout Europe and the rest of the world is now available in New Zealand.

The Uniconfort boiler is specifically designed for combustion of biomass.

Many of today’s economic and environmental concerns are best met with heating supplied by biomass combustion.

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The cost for biomass heating generally falls between that of coal and all other types, such as electrical (heat pumps), diesel, gas and radiant electricity. There are fewer carbon emissions associated with biomass heating than any other type of fuel.

These boilers come standard with automatic ignition, automatic fuel feed, automatic ash extraction and automatic flue gas cleaning, which all adds up to little effort, no mess energy.

Uniconfort biomass boilers feature: EFFICIENCY • A biomass system operating on zero balance CO2 when compared to fossil fuels • High efficiency with low NOx and particulate matter • Efficiencies which can reach 93 percent.

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Working Space | Performing Arts

Working Space | Performing Arts

Why music education is vital

High performance stages The Stronglite Staging® range of portable, modular stage and seating equipment is designed and manufactured exclusively in New Zealand including: • Stage platforms, catwalks, tiered risers, choir risers • Portable grandstands for the gym, sports field or by the pool • Steps, ramps, trolleys, lecterns, bridges, ballet barres, sports shelters etc

University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer in Music Education, Dr Patrick Shepherd, of the College of Education Health and Human Development, discusses why music education is vital for our young people to thrive.

I am a firm believer that if you want new ideas, read old books, and they don’t come much older than those written by Plato, who said of music, “I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for in the patterns of music and all the arts are the keys of learning”.

I have taught music in various different schools and colleges for nearly 30 years and I remain a staunch advocate for music as the perfect subject where all the others meet.

I’m sure many of my colleagues would make similar claims for their subjects, too, but the wealth of research, from Plato onwards, points to music as the key to a meaningful and rich education for a child.

Grand claims, but how does this actually work?

Through music a child is exposed to counting (maths), reading (literacy), comprehension (deciphering musical notation in a “foreign” language), creativity (composing), cultural competency (kapa haka and waiata), physical education (playing instruments), science (experimenting with sound and how it is made) and historical contexts (social studies) to name but a few - but not forgetting perhaps the most important aspect which is the co-operation and social interaction that being involved in music brings.

Music has taken me all over the world, to every continent – including Antarctica – meeting the most amazing people and doing things I could not otherwise have done, so I know all about how music nurtures and provides.

So why this sudden need to speak out?

A recent study has sparked debate about the state of music in our primary schools and the picture it paints is, frankly, bleak.

Studies come and go, as will this one, but the underlying trend remains if one traces the various monitoring reports that have followed music education since the mid-1980s. It also makes the valid point that many schools do it very well and put a high priority on it, while others place their emphasis elsewhere with music hardly getting a look-in.

The study also highlights the part the Colleges of Education play.

At the University of Canterbury’s College of Education, Health and Human Development, we recently restructured our Bachelor degree and Graduate diploma and, as part of that process, I consulted my colleagues from other providers to see how much time they were allocated to deliver a music programme.

While I will always argue for more time for music and the arts no matter how much time I’m given (because enough is never enough), it became clear that we were offering more than the other providers and certainly more than the three hours cited in the report (although during a radio interview they modified that to 6-8 hours, still on the low side).

In the design of our arts programmes at UC, those that come in with no music get exposure to basic elements such as beat, notation and rhythm, and practical instruction on guitar, recorder or ukulele, while those who already have a background in music have the opportunity to develop their passion further as they think about how they can make music an integral part of their classroom teaching.

We also like to sing and many lectures, not just the music ones, start with a waiata. Our students see that music matters, that it can tie together all the other parts of the curriculum and that musical knowledge supports all the other knowledge and understanding.

Do they want more? Absolutely because I certainly do. I also want to see a shift in society’s attitude to music education across the developed world that puts it at the top of the pile rather than near the bottom.

Our students see and believe that, so if this recent study does one thing, I hope it keeps the debate alive long enough for them to make that change.

University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer in Music Education, Dr Patrick Shepherd is passionate about music education, technology and creativity. His musical compositions have been performed throughout New Zealand, in the USA, South Korea, Germany, China, Russia and Australia

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Learning Space | Classroom Acoustics

Protecting young children from harmful noise Continued exposure to sound levels of 90dB (decibels) and above may cause permanent hearing loss. Children with hearing loss – even a small loss – often have problems at school and in social situations.

The Safe Sound Indicator (SSI) was designed by the The National Foundation for the Deaf (NFD) to protect preschoolers from noiseinduced hearing loss and educate children, teachers and parents about noise.

Why do you want one?

Prolonged exposure to sound levels 90dB and above may cause hearing damage, and this is what the SSI can help prevent. Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is recognised as a significant cause of hearing disability in children and adults (staff and parents).

Where should you put it?

Sound reduces with distance, so it is the people closest to the noise that are at most risk. By putting it in the room or area that can be the noisiest (e.g. at mat time or when using the carpentry table), you can help protect everyone’s ears.

What is it?

The Safe Sound Indicator is a great educational tool conceived by Jamie Fenton, Young New Zealander of the Year 2011, to help children learn about noise and to help them self regulate their noise levels. Children and adults can tell at a glance when the noise level is reaching ‘red light’ danger.

Noise hurts The NFD 2009 survey of 65 early childhood centres showed that 20 percent of children and over 30 percent of teachers were distressed by continuous loud noise. Some children reacted by holding their hands over their ears or crying.

How does it work?

Using a traffic light system to show dangerous noise levels, it registers the approximate sound levels of noises around it. Green = 80dB, Amber 85dB, Red = 90dB.

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noise-induced hearing loss • Prolonged exposure to sound levels of 90dB and above can lead to permanent hearing loss • Even brief exposure to sounds over 90dB may cause temporary hearing loss • Hearing loss through overexposure to harmful noise develops slowly. Often, we don’t know it’s happened until it’s too late

• The louder the noise, the less time you can listen to it before your hearing is permanently damaged • Many young New Zealanders have already experienced symptoms of hearing damage after listening to loud music. These might include dullness of hearing and ringing in the ears (tinnitus) • One or two generations ago, hearing loss caused by overexposure to noise didn’t usually become apparent until people were in their 60s. But now the damage is showing up at younger ages.

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Learning Space | ICT

Virtual reality gets real

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Virtual reality, once lumped in with flying cars, holograms and tartan paint as fictional and scary, is now a reality.

We need young people to know they are the ones who will be developing this technology in the future and we want them to know that the possibilities are endless and it’s in their hands.

Game developers, tech start-ups, film makers and designers around the world are scrambling to understand and explore how this technology can enrich our lives. VR is more accessible with more content available and is easier to integrate into daily life than ever before.

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So how are educators making virtual reality a reality in the classroom, and what opportunities does VR offer young people?

Capital E in Wellington is exploring the production of VR content with young people, asking them to engage with VR as creative producers, rather than end users. By ‘popping the hood’ on VR, students can design original experiences for others.

They can see this technology is accessible and that they can have a direct impact on its development, literally designing a difference.

Wellington is emerging as the digital capital of New Zealand and young people can delve into this fastgrowing industry.

Sessions, delivered to years 7+, balance the history and ideology behind VR with a technical

introduction to VR design. During a two hour session, students design a 3D world, set weather parameters, populate it with 3D models and animated animals, then set up a 3D camera inside their world.

for VR games) is used to design a 3D terrain, allowing students to sculpt, paint and detail an environment.

Along the way students negotiate 3D space, design in three dimensions and realise the potential of the medium.

The process doesn’t require any complicated coding and the results are relatively immediate. At the end of the session they ‘build’ their world into an android app, install it on a smartphone and view it in Google Cardboard headsets. Then their apps are uploaded to the Capital E website for them to download onto their own phones.

Students need a basic level of computer literacy and the willingness to learn about a brand new interface quickly, but Unity and Google have made it as easy as possible for people to access VR creation.

The Unity software and Cardboard SDK (software development kit) for Unity are free, the Cardboard headset template can be downloaded for free, and many students have their own smartphones.

Unity (a game engine, free for not-forprofit use, that’s expanded to cater

Capital E hopes, as technology develops further, it can expand the sort of VR content it produces from 3D worlds to original short films, animated tales, documentaries and games. “We need young people to know they are the ones who will be developing this technology in the future and we want them to know that the possibilities are endless and it’s in their hands.”

The MediaLab is a multi-media suite (part of Capital E Digital), that explores digital storytelling, 2D and 3D design, animation, movie making, app programming and music composition.

Whether they’re printing 3D models, designing soundtracks or creating smart phone apps, young people are empowered to be creative producers.

Written by Samuel Phillips, MediaLab co-ordinator at Capital E. www.capitale.org.nz

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Learning Space | LEOTC

Going beyond four walls Educating a child is not just reserved for teachers within the four walls of a classroom.

As part of life’s organic process, a child’s parents, siblings, relations, friends, mentors and even Mother Nature herself are involved in providing a holistic education.

Parents teach their children how to love and to try their best in everything they do; siblings, relations, friends and mentors teach kids how to build and nurture relationships and Mother Nature and her vast playground, teaches children life skills.

Back to basics In an age where many kids live in cyberspace or the realm of digital media more than they do in the world of bricks and mortar, it’s important for them to stop and smell the roses - in the flesh.

When we look around at a market superfluous with technological temptation, it feels as though the days of building forts, rollerblading, kayaking, camping and childhood creativity died long ago with the dinosaurs.

But in actuality, teachers, parents, the government and New Zealand’s

leisure-loving patriots are inspiring a recreational renaissance.

The expression ‘kids need to get their hands dirty,’ is not just a tongue and cheek analogy. As part of their spiritual, emotional and educational growth, children need stimulation beyond the classroom or the hypnotic medium that is the television.

In fact, it’s imperative children learn to use their greatest tool - their imagination - because without it, they’ll miss out on experiencing the creative liberation adults spend their lives trying to hold on to.

We have all read the news articles, watched the documentaries and pondered the statistics about the dangers of too much digital consumption and the impact this can have on a child’s intellectual growth.

Case studies continually circulate about children becoming aggressive, stressed and over-stimulated when they spend too much time immersed in the world of computer generated characters. And while this line of thought has been regurgitated time and time again, the point is just as valid as the first time we heard it.

The key is moderation; children can have their techno-cake and eat it too, as long as it is preceded or followed by a healthy dose of recreational activity.

Educational entertainment is a vital piece of the puzzle when it comes to teaching our kids.

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Learning through leisure They say the greatest thing you can give your kids is time and if you’ve got that, Mother Nature can provide you with everything else you need to show your kids the ropes.

It doesn’t matter if your wealth is great or small, you and your children have unlimited access to an area rich with outdoor education opportunities. It’s New Zealand’s native backyard; where the beach is no further than the snow-capped mountains and the potential for children to learn is only limited by imagination.

In their journey through life, children need to explore new avenues of thinking. If they are introduced to new environments

with unique elements, their mind and senses will mature.

The environment itself is like an openair classroom, which offers stories and facts that cannot be found in traditional learning institutions.

And while traditional education certainly provides a sound base for knowledge building, outside activities offer challenges, which encourage children to develop and exercise their lateral thinking skills and strategic abilities.

Team Up is an organisation funded by the Ministry of Education and is helping parents support their childrens’ learning by providing helpful tips on education beyond the classroom.

Parents or families can find information, suggestions, facts and advice on everything to do with their child’s education at www.teamup.co.nz

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